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  1. Slamfire

    Advice from a professional. -Lube your pistol cases.

    Before I started lubing 9mm cases, the occasional range pickup case was so hard to size, that powder was bumped out of the Dillion powder horn on the up stroke. I am using carbide dies on my Dillion. Now with case lube, sizing is smooth and easy. Tried it for all my pistol cases, and have been...
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    Firearms post-WW2

    I am sure fanboys of paper clips will claim the nickel finished paper clip is the reason we won WW2. this author makes an excellent case why sea and air power were the reasons "we won the war". How the War Was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War II WW2 was an unprecedented...
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    Firearms post-WW2

    I would say it was due to monetary reasons. Bolt guns worked, Armories were full of them in 1939, but the basis of the German and Japanese squads were light machine guns. The riflemen were more or less there to protect the light machine gunner. The big money were spent on aircraft. All...
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    Turkish M1911A1's for the Civilian Marksmanship Program

    I will have to look at the CMP Tisas 1911 and if the features are there, I will consider getting one. Not that I am lacking in Tisas 1911's. I have purchased the bare bones versions, fixed sights, installed hammers with spurs on the service special version. I am not interesting in shooting a...
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    Jury finds NRA officers violated responsibilities

    I was extremely disappointed when I found WLP put the NRA into bankruptcy, to move from NY to Texas. And he did so without consulting with his in house legal staff, or the board. Who could have told him, his scheme was delusional. No doubt that cost the NRA millions in legal fees, and it...
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    I was wrong

    Styling does not put the bullets in the middle. Pretty firearms that meet current standards of beauty and fashionability do sell based on looks alone. I did handle the two models of Henry Revolvers at a local gun store. While the price was right, the trigger pull length was too long for my...
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    A video discussing rumors/myths about steel-cased ammo. The Brownell's gent is also in it.

    Most? Is this discounting the extraction problems that happened due to ball powder? I would say, given enough case to chamber interference, case extraction will require sticking a rod down the barrel and mechanically knocking the case out. I am sure you would agree, that it is not a good...
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    A video discussing rumors/myths about steel-cased ammo. The Brownell's gent is also in it.

    Steel is a poor material for the 5.56/223 round as that material was never a consideration for the original cartridge. In fact, the 223 round was not so much “designed” as it was a wildcat. The guys who came up with the round wanted a certain velocity at a certain range. I read the 1971 Guns &...
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    M1/M1A bolt

    These are all M14 takeoff bolts that the CMP was able to acquire from Anniston Army Depot. This was in the period when the Clinton Administration shoveled every M14 it could find into Captain Krunch at the Depot. Someone was saving operating rods, trigger housings, bolts, (maybe a few more...
  10. Slamfire

    Getting better with surplus notch and post sights

    I think it a shame that the NRA bowed to the Service Rifle teams and allowed optics on "service rifles". Learning to shoot irons is a skill in itself. Some points about irons. You have to have an absolutely repeatable position. Just where that rifle is in your shoulder, where your support...
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    Current Colt Revolver Design Manufacturing Techniques?

    The shooting community is in the honeymoon period with these new, expensive Colts. It takes time for the blush of new love to fade, the beer goggles to fall off. Till then, it is all rainbows, unicorns, and shooting stars.
  12. Slamfire

    M1/M1A bolt

    I wish I could tell you where the drawing package was for the M14. I have no idea if the Army still has a copy, and why should it? Springfield Armory was shut down around 1968, the M14 was superseded by the M16 by the middle 1960's.
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    James River Armory: No Steel cased ammo

    Does not have to be old to be rotten: When ammunition is described as cheap, cheap, cheap, that sure does not fill me with a lot of confidence that the solvents used in the gunpowder were the more expensive stuff that took longer to deteriorate the nitrocellulose. However old is more...
  14. Slamfire

    M1/M1A bolt

    The M14 used a shorter cartridge and had a roller on one lug. I am sure, when you get into the details, there are more differences between M14 bolts and Garand bolts. It used to be that surplus Garand bolts were cheap. (and for that matter M14 bolts). You could reverse engineer an old...
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    James River Armory: No Steel cased ammo

    I have no doubt that a lot of steel case ammunition on the market is surplus ammunition. I fired a lot of Chinese steel case in 7.62 X 54R before I learned about gunpowder deterioration. Gunpowder deteriorates, and as it gets old, you will encounter burn rate instability. That is, your rifle...
  16. Slamfire

    Alternative Measure Pressure?

    Ken Warner was a huge proponent of case head expansion. Which is probably where the "Real Gunsmith" got this idea. It works out in theory, but not in practice. Alas, Ken Warner never checked his case head expansion results against an actual pressure gauge. The foundations of his technique were...
  17. Slamfire

    Changing load data for new primer and bullet .45 acp

    I would not worry about dangerous pressures as your loads are middle of the road. Yes, something will be different. Rounds fired from 1911 pistols, same bullet weights from same pistols: 200 LSWC 4.0 grs Bullseye Mixed cases CCI300 11-Sep-05 T = 88 °F Ave Vel = 738.9 Std Dev = 10.34 ES =...
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    Springfield 1903 Question

    Given enough money, and enough time, you will find what you are looking for. I do not recommend taking an original military rifle with a good barrel and replacing the barrel with a criterion barrel. There will be a loss in collector's value and it will cost an additional $300 to $400 for the...
  19. Slamfire

    Colt Government Series 70 Bushing

    One finger broke off the bushing on my Colt Combat Elite. Must have been in the late 80's. I found the broken piece inside the slide, luckily nothing had been damaged by that piece of metal rattling around inside the slide, while I was shooting. That pistol had a lot of problems and when I...
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